Within a boundless rift in the void, Jieyin continued to keep watch with "remarkable patience."
He saw everything that happened within Chaoge City with perfect clarity.
From Gu Changqing entering the Ten Thousand Brews Palace, to Di Xin getting drunk as a puddle of mud, to the Wine Sword Immortal staggering away.
Not a single detail escaped his discerning eyes.
A long while passed.
A barely perceptible sneer slowly emerged on Jieyin's habitually woeful face.
Sure enough.
It was just as he had expected.
That drunkard Gu Changqing had only happened to descend among the humans.
His sole purpose had been to beg for a drink.
As for drinking the Human Emperor under the table and then leaving, those were merely drunken antics, done on a whim.
No one had detected his presence-or, rather, his scheme.
Nothing that had happened earlier would pose any obstacle to his coming plans.
"Heh heh..."
A soft chuckle echoed through the silent void, carrying a trace of disdain and a measure of relief.
"Just a drunkard. I worried too much earlier."
He really had been somewhat concerned that Gu Changqing had discovered something and come specifically because of it.
Now it seemed he had worried needlessly.
Since the greatest variable had been eliminated, then...
Jieyin's gaze pierced layer upon layer of space and settled once more upon the imperial city, still brilliantly lit.
The humans' fortune...
The Investiture of the Gods Measureless Calamity...
It was time.
The moment was ripe.
The Third Month Fifteenth of the human calendar.
It was the sacred birthday of Empress Nuwa, the Holy Mother of the Human Race.
By custom, the mortal sovereign had to visit Nuwa Palace in person to offer incense, expressing his reverence and paying homage to the Holy Mother of the Human Race.
This was